But the period before birth does not involve loss,

但是出生前的时间不包含损失
because although I don't have life,

因为尽管我没有生命
I haven't, previous to the period, had life,

但在这一时期之前我也没有生命
so I haven't lost anything.

所以我没有失去任何东西
Of course, there's another thing

但是还有一件事
that's true about this prenatal period, to wit,

在出生前的时期也是成立的
I don't have life and I'm going to get it.

我没有生命但我即将拥有生命
So I don't yet have something that's going to come in the future.

我没有一些我即将拥有的东西
That's not true about the post-life period.

这一点在死亡后的时期不成立
I've lost life.

我已经失去生命了
But it's not true of this period that I don't have life

在这一时间期我不是没有生命
and I'm going to get it in the future.

然后得到生命